Lufthansa planes are seen parked on the tarmac of Frankfurt Airport, Germany June 25, 2020.
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Lufthansa Group mentioned it could droop service to Kyiv and Odessa, beginning Monday, as concerns grew over whether or not Russia would invade Ukraine.
“The protection of our passengers and crew members is our high precedence always,” the airline group mentioned in a press release on Saturday. “Lufthansa continues to watch the scenario carefully and is in shut contact with nationwide and worldwide authorities.”
Lufthansa additionally owns Austrian, Swiss and Eurowings. Swiss can even droop service to Kyiv beginning Monday by way of at the least Feb. 28. The airline doesn’t fly over Ukraine to succeed in different locations, a spokesman mentioned.
KLM Royal Dutch Airways suspended Ukraine flights final week.
Ukrainian Worldwide Airways had mentioned it could have to ship 5 of its planes to Spain after a dispute over insurance coverage protection, however later mentioned it was working its flights as scheduled.
One other Ukrainian provider, SkyUp Airways, mentioned considered one of its Ukraine-bound flights from the Portuguese Island of Madeira was compelled to land in Moldova final weekend after the corporate that leases its jets mentioned the provider could not enter Ukrainian airspace.
